Amazon has launched a new AmazonKindle website that allows Kindle owners to use their computers to access the notes and highlights they've added while reading on the Kindle. Unfortunately, at this point the service only appears to work with books that were purchased via Amazon. I'm not seeing any of the periodicals to which I've subscribed listed and none of the personal documents or readily available free e-books that I've grabbed from elsewhere online.

Each book is listed with a list of highlights and notes from the book, followed by Amazon customer reviews and with a small bit of meta data called "This Book and You" that lists the number of highlights, notes, and your rating of the book. All in all, it's a welcome addition to the Kindle, but we'd like to see the addition of periodicals and support for notes and highlights that were made on personal documents and items that weren't purchased from Amazon. An easily accessible and downloadable backup of the entire My Clippings.txt file where all the various highlights and notes are stored in the documents folder on the Kindle would also be a nice addition to this service. 

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